Comparison

MX Engines vs Wheelie Run

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MX Engines

Experience the thrill of online motocross with this game. Compete with friends and players worldwide in multiplayer rooms, perform impressive tricks, and customize your bikes and pilot with a variety of options. Enjoy realistic physics and diverse maps for an engaging racing experience.

Highlights
  • Online multiplayer mode
  • Realistic physics engine
  • Variety of bikes and maps
  • Bike customization with upgrades and skins
  • Pilot customization
  • Perform tricks and stunts
Features
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Welcome to MX Engines, the best online motocross game yet. Enjoy the online mode, where you can create or join rooms to play with your friends and more players. Enjoy a wide variety of maps and bikes, do amazing tricks and stunts to impress your friends! We have a wide variety of bikes and upgrades to customize it. You can also customize your pilot. Game Features: - Online mode. - Real physics. - Different bikes. - Customize your bikes with different skins and upgrades. - Customize your pilot. - Make amazing jumps.

About

Wheelie Run

Experience realistic motorcycle wheelie physics with a single-handed control scheme. Customize your bike, the environment, and camera angles for an immersive simulation. Earn high scores by performing stunts and navigating traffic.

Highlights
  • Realistic simulation-style wheelies
  • Single-handed gameplay
  • Deep bike customization
  • Customizable world settings
  • Fender scrape deformation
  • Dynamic camera options
  • Touch and controller support
Features
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Wheelie Run is an original, single-handed wheelie simulator game built around custom, made from scratch motorcycle wheelie physics. Use your thumb to steer, throttle, and brake to perform burnouts, wheelie around town, scrape your fender, and earn a new high score. Designed with realistic, made-from-scratch, simulator-style physics - Wheelie Run offers a challenging yet rewarding gameplay, that's easy to pick up and learn for anybody. Your bikes are highly customizable: custom power settings, front + rear sprocket, and wheelie controller, paired with customizable dynamic first person and third person cameras for ultimate wheelie gameplay tuned exactly to your liking. You can also customize your world: add or reduce traffic, make them faster or more erratic, or change the weather & time of day. Unique features: - Realistic simulation-style wheelies, built from scratch. Able to remove ALL assists for REAL physics. - Single handed gameplay that works for both right + left handed players - Realistic bike customization: Select from 10-80HP, choose front/rear sprockets, adjust optional wheelie controller, multiple plastics colors - Fender scrape deform with matching plastics particle effects - Customizable dynamic first-person camera - Realistic, procedurally generated E-Motor sounds modeled from REAL E-Motos/Dirt Bikes - Customizable day/night + weather cycles with working headlights, taillights, and street lamps - Working dashboard with real bike hours, power mode, and speedometer Also featuring: - Built in touch & controller support - Multiple bikes: Enjoy wheelies on the 80HP EMoto, the EBike, 636 sport bike, or cruiser - Crash + collision physics with collidable traffic and on-road reset - Infinite highway with points for doing continuous wheelies. Earn points from each pass in traffic, or slow down, go into oncoming traffic, and scrape fender for multipliers! Built by motorcycle + motocross rider and influencer Jim Bisenius based on his real-life EMoto Riding Experience.

Screenshots

MX Engines4 screens
Wheelie Run4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MX Engines at Free against Wheelie Run's $1.99. MX Engines also leads on ratings volume (360 vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Wheelie Run's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 13). On device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

MX Engines is free to download; Wheelie Run costs $1.99 up front. MX Engines sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Wheelie Run asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wheelie Run holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MX Engines has 360 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MX Engines ships an update every 16 months, Wheelie Run monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
MX Engines versus Wheelie Run: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMX EnginesWheelie Run
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating3.8 (360 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings360 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size194 MB341 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarcos ElenaJames Bisenius

Customer experience

MX Engines

All ratings360 ratings
Positive70.3%
Neutral8.6%
Negative21.1%
Written reviews213 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral12.7%
Negative13.6%

Wheelie Run

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

MX Engines

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inconsistent and unreliable physics
  • Crashing issues when landing jumps
  • Unresponsive or buggy controls
  • Lucky wheel feature not working as intended

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add wheelie and trick functionality
  • Improve in-air control and physics
  • Introduce more free tracks and maps
  • Implement better leaning and turning mechanics
  • Add ruts and terrain deformation
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  • Improve bike customization options

Wheelie Run

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

MX Engines

One-time13
  • No Ads$2.99
  • Map 5$2.99
  • Map 6$2.99
Show 10 more
  • Map 7$2.99
  • Coins 2$2.99
  • Diamonds 1$2.99
  • Map 8$2.99
  • Coins 3$4.99
  • Diamonds 2$4.99
  • Coins 4$9.99
  • Diamonds 3$9.99
  • Coins 5$14.99
  • Diamonds 5$19.99
None

Wheelie Run

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MX Engines free?
MX Engines is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wheelie Run free?
Wheelie Run costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MX Engines or Wheelie Run?
Wheelie Run is rated higher. MX Engines averages 3.8 out of 5 from 360 ratings, while Wheelie Run averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do MX Engines or Wheelie Run have ads?
MX Engines shows ads; Wheelie Run does not.
Which is updated more often, MX Engines or Wheelie Run?
MX Engines ships an update every 16 months, and Wheelie Run monthly. Most recently, MX Engines was updated on October 19, 2026 and Wheelie Run on October 8, 2026.

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